OpenSSH Concepts

Internal

• OpenSSH

sshd

The OpenSSH server.

Tunneling

Local Forwarding

Local forwarding configures ssh tunneling to listen on a local port and forward the data sent into that port to a remote server, on the specified "remote" port.

Remote Forwarding

Remote forwarding configures ssh tunneling to listen on a port on the remote side of the tunnel and forward requests to a local port.

Tunneling Operations

Setup a SSH Tunnel